In line with the principle that the sooner the colony was indigenized, the government announced the indigenization of the colony of New Guinea within a few days of Arthur's return to Sydney.

The specific changes are as follows:

First, the former colony of New Guinea was converted into a direct state of New Guinea, and the capital of New Guinea was still in Port Moresby.

Second, the colonial government was reformed into a state government, the colonial legislature was reformed into a state house, and Governor John became the first governor of New Guinea.

Then there was the massive migration to New Guinea. For New Guinea to be economically valuable, it needs to have a population of at least 2 million or more.

The current state of New Guinea is still a large part of the way from this population requirement, and it needs government support in terms of immigration to quickly increase the size of the new Guinea population.

The official localization of New Guinea is good news, and the good news is the successful return of Charles Puttel and his party.

The last time the name was mentioned was three years ago, when he was the head of the Australasian Antarctic expedition appointed by Arthur himself and the leader of the exploration of the Antarctic pole.

Since the beginning of the plan to explore the South Pole in early 1922, Charles and his party have traveled to the edge of the South Pole for a year and a half of adaptive training.

This is also a helpless thing, after all, none of the five members of the entire scientific expedition team except Charles have ever been to Antarctica, and there is no adaptive training, so they cannot adapt to the cold climate of Antarctica.

Of course, they were accompanied by a logistics team of up to 100 people. The five-member expedition team is a team that explores the Antarctic pole, and the remaining hundreds of people are members of the Antarctic expedition team in Australasia.

It is impossible to explore the Antarctic without casualties at all, and Arthur had been prepared for casualties long before they set off, and some of these logisticians were also medical personnel, and various medical supplies were properly supplied.

After just one and a half years of acclimatization training, more than 10 people were injured in the scientific expedition team of hundreds of people.

Fortunately, the location of the habilitation training is on the edge of Antarctica, which is also where the large army is located, and it did not lead to unnecessary deaths.

After a year and a half of acclimatization training, the large force began to move towards the pole of Antarctica.

As we move deeper and deeper into the heart of Antarctica, some of the expedition personnel have begun to suffer frequent casualties.

Although we are well prepared, the cold of Antarctica and the unfamiliar terrain can kill you at any time.

After half a year of hard work, the entire expedition team is not far from the South Pole, which is also the closest range that a large-scale team can reach.

Going forward, logistics are a big problem, which means that from this moment on, the number of people exploring the South Pole will be reduced to five.

Fortunately, two years have passed since then, and the five members of the scientific expedition team have fully adapted to life in Antarctica, and their experience has become much richer.

With dozens of dogs, a considerable amount of logistics supplies, some equipment and warm items, the five-person scientific expedition team officially embarked on the journey to the South Pole.

After breaking away from the large team, the logistics of the five-person team almost had to rely on these dogs to transport them.

The tractors and horses used by large armies are not suitable for small-scale transportation, tractors are unreliable in extreme cold conditions, and loud noises and vibrations can even cause avalanches.

Needless to say, the horses are also cold-tolerant ponies, but they are still too large and not as flexible as the cold-tolerant dogs that Charles carefully selected.

Once the ponies were stuck in the snow, it was a drag on the progress to the South Pole, so Charles decisively gave up.

The good news is that the journey to the Antarctic Pole was relatively smooth. Charles was not a pioneer in exploring the South Pole, and there were many explorers who had successfully reached the South Pole before him.

This also means that he has too many cases to refer to, which can also be his experience in exploring Antarctica, so as to avoid the same accident in his own research team.

The most famous are actually Robert Scott and Roarte Amundsen, two famous explorers.

Amundsen's success story is certainly worth learning, but Scott's failure is the most valuable experience to avoid the same accident for the expedition team.

It is worth mentioning that the purpose of the expedition team to explore the Antarctic Pole this time was not only to reach the Antarctic Pole, but also to carry several Australasian flags, including some documents proving that the Australasian expedition team had reached the Antarctic Pole and Antarctica.

As long as they succeed in reaching the South Pole, the flag of Australasia will be planted at the pole, which can be regarded as an alternative oath of sovereignty.

This may not have any effect in peacetime, but as long as Australasia has actually begun to claim Antarctica, these documents and flags can also prove that Australasia once occupied Antarctica.

Of course, everything has to be done by strength. As long as Australasia's navy can continue to grow stronger and secure its position as the supremacy of the southern hemisphere, it is still easy to occupy most of Antarctica.

Although Antarctica's resources may not be exploited for a long time, it can be regarded as leaving a way back for Australasia in the future.

Who can guarantee that Antarctica's resources will not be exploited in tens or hundreds of years? Wouldn't it be the greatest pity if there was enough technology to exploit Antarctica's resources but not land in Antarctica in the future?

It's better to have no than nothing, this is also Arthur's purpose, and it is still necessary to plan Antarctica in advance.

Otherwise, after the end of World War II and the beginning of large-scale peace in the world, it will be unrealistic to occupy most of Antarctica alone.

The current world situation is the best time for Australasia to do things. With the support of the British, they were not afraid of other powers, including the United States and France.

Charles meticulously carried out Arthur's request, planted the Australasian flag at the Antarctic pole, and buried some documents and items under the flag to prove the arrival of the Australasian expedition.

After that, the expedition team spent more than half a month to complete the exploration of the terrain near the Antarctic Pole, and recorded it, and also mined some rocks and soil around the Antarctic Pole, ready to bring back to China for scientific research.

After that, the expedition team officially embarked on the journey back. Successfully reaching the Antarctic Pole does not mean that the mission is complete, and it is only considered to return to the base camp safely and return to Australasia.

Scott's failure was not that he did not reach the South Pole, but that he died on the way back after reaching the South Pole.

Antarctica's greatest danger is not the cold climate and unfamiliar terrain, but the cold weather that is difficult to fathom.

If you are lucky, you may not encounter too many storms for a long time, and the scientific expedition can be carried out smoothly.

But if you are too unlucky like Scott, you are only a dozen kilometers away from the main supply point, but you are stopped by the sweeping snowstorm, and finally you run out of all the supplies, and you can only die in Antarctica one after another.

Human explorers like Scott are great, but such great people are nothing to mention in the face of Antarctica's harsh weather.

Even if he is the famous Captain Scott, in the face of the powerful Antarctic blizzard, he is still just a normal ordinary person who can no longer be normal, an ordinary person who will die if he lacks supplies.

Like other Antarctic expeditions, Charles and his party had already written a suicide note to their family at the base camp when they were sprinting to the Antarctic pole.

But it is obvious that Charles and his party will not need this suicide note. Their journey back to the base camp was smooth, although they were also blocked by the snowstorm for several days, but because of Charles's advance planning and emergency preparations, coupled with the slaughter of several dogs for food reserves, the expedition team successfully rushed through the snowstorm, arrived at the next stop of the supply point, and finally returned to the base camp smoothly.

This is actually also from Scott's experience. The real reason why Scott was blocked 18 kilometers in front of the supply point and eventually ran out of supplies was actually his reluctance to carry too many dogs.

When the ponies were stuck in the snow and forced to give up, Scott's expedition was short of emergency food reserves.

It's not good, but it's true. Only by carrying a sufficient number of dogs can you ensure that the expedition will have an emergency reserve of food if it is stranded in a certain area.

In August 1925, the Antarctic expedition finally returned after more than three years, bringing back a large amount of Antarctic soil and rocks.

Arthur also fulfilled his promise by personally attending the Antarctic expedition's celebrations, where all members of the expedition were rewarded with a cheque of over $1,500 each, and a higher share of the cheque for those with special contributions.

Although 1,500 Australian dollars is the income of ordinary people for more than 20 years, the reward to the members of these Antarctic expeditions is not at all, or even a little.

You know, the members of these Antarctic expeditions all risked their lives to go to Antarctica, and if they were unlucky, they would end up dying.

Such people who gamble their lives to contribute to the country, it is impossible for Arthur to forget and bury their contributions.

In addition to these financial rewards, everyone will also receive their due merits, which will eventually become other rewards including land, titles, etc.

Scott failed in his quest to explore the South Pole and was also awarded the knightly honor of Great Britain. Charles and his party successfully returned from the South Pole and successfully completed Arthur's mission, and it was not too much for the leader to receive a knighthood.

On the day of the feast, Arthur knighted Sir Charles, and the other four members of the five-member team were rewarded with their own medals, as well as an additional cheque of $1,500 for their outstanding contributions.

Take a break today.

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